Ünek Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Ünek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 465 | 1:167,358 | 12,872 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Unek (107) are calculated separately.
Ünek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ünek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ünek (Hindi: उंेक) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Unek. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ünek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 645,988th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name Ünek occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Ünek are found; 81 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 167,358. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Gaziantep Province, where 22 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unek | 92 | 107 | / |
| Onek | 75 | 4,826 | / |
| Inek | 75 | 301 | / |
| Hünecke | 73 | 504 | / |
| Hünneke | 73 | 43 | / |
| Hühneke | 73 | 10 | / |
| Uneke | 67 | 3,308 | / |
| Honek | 67 | 691 | / |
| Hunek | 67 | 578 | / |
| Hinek | 67 | 314 | / |
| Jinek | 67 | 111 | / |
| Ineck | 67 | 75 | / |
| Gunek | 67 | 46 | / |
| Uniek | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ungek | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hühnecke | 67 | 11 | / |
| Unekh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hünnecke | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ineak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uenek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aunek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oenek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oneek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ineik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Inhek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oneak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uneck | 67 | 1 | / |
Ünek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ünek in the Hindi language | ||
| उंेक | umeka | 50 |
| उनेक | uneka | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ünek
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